Mystery bird not seen in 172 years makes surprise reappearance in Borneo forest
The black-browed babbler was recently sighted in Indonesia’s South Kalimantan province, on the island of Borneo, after being lost to science for 172 years.
There is only one specimen of the species, collected sometime between 1843 and 1848.
While little is known about the species, researchers are concerned that it might already be threatened with extinction.
Three years ago, Panji Gusti Akbar was flipping through the pages of
Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago when he came across a photo of a bird with brown wings and a black stripe across its brow, appropriately named the black-browed babbler (